Bombardier Named ‘Transport Supplier of the Year’ at UK National Transport Awards

Prestigious award recognises Bombardier’s role in the London Underground Victoria Line upgrade and support of train operators during the London 2012 Olympics

Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has won a top industry award for ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the National Transport Awards 2013.

In an event held in London on October 17, supported by the Department for Transport and Passenger Focus and attended by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McCloughlin, Bombardier received the award for its role in the upgrade of London Underground’s Victoria Line and its support of train operators during the London 2012 Olympics.

Bombardier has supplied 376 new BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro vehicles for the Victoria Line, designed and built at its site in Derby, UK. Since the introduction of the new fleet, customer satisfaction levels have increased and passenger waiting times have been reduced, with trains running at intervals of less than two minutes. Reliability has also grown at an unprecedented level. The Victoria Line is now the most reliable service on the London Underground network, with trains running 80,000 km between failures, a distance equivalent to twice around the world.

The award also recognised Bombardier’s role in supporting London’s train operators during the 2012 Olympic Games. With a team effort involving more than 650 Bombardier staff, maintenance teams worked around the clock to ensure that 800 Bombardier trains on nine key routes serving London were available to meet increased demand during the Games. London Underground (with new Bombardier trains on the Victoria and Metropolitan lines) transported more than 60 million passengers and Docklands Light Railway – also using Bombardier vehicles – transported more than 6 million passengers. Over the Olympic period, class 378 BOMBARDIER ELECTROSTAR trains operated by London Overground carried 6.3 million passengers, 50 per cent more than usual. The maintenance window for the fleets reduced from a typical eight hour window to just three hours, yet availability and reliability remained exceptional.

Francis Paonessa, President of Rolling Stock and Services for Bombardier in the UK, said: “Receiving the award of National Transport Supplier of the Year is a resounding endorsement of the excellent partnership that we have with our customers and our spirit of working to a common goal. We are used to meeting challenging targets to deliver high performance, reliable and safe trains to improve services for passengers. The Olympics offered a great opportunity to show how, through teamwork, we can raise the bar even higher.”

About Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and services that set new standards in sustainable mobility. BOMBARDIERECO4 technologies – built on the four cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy and ecology – conserve energy, protect the environment and help to improve total train performance for operators and passengers. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has a very diverse customer base with products or services in more than 60 countries. It has an installed base of over 100,000 vehicles worldwide.

About Bombardier

Bombardier is the world’s only manufacturer of both planes and trains. Looking far ahead while delivering today, Bombardier is evolving mobility worldwide by answering the call for more efficient, sustainable and enjoyable transportation everywhere. Our vehicles, services and, most of all, our employees are what make us a global leader in transportation.

Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Our shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD) and we are listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indexes. In the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, we posted revenues of $16.8 billion. News and information are available at bombardier.com or follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.

Notes to Editors

A video about Bombardier Transportation in the UK is available to watch here